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Targeted Farm Dam Enhancement Workshops in key Tasmanian Catchments
The project aimed to build local skills and capacity to support best-practice farm dam enhancement for improved drought resilience, water quality, and biodiversity.
Project Status
Closed
Project Partner
Landcare Tasmania
Project
Overview
Landcare Tasmania, in partnership with the Australian National University (ANU) and the TAS Farm Innovation Hub, delivered the Targeted Farm Dam Enhancement Workshops in key Tasmanian Catchments project across the Middle Leven (North West), Lower Meander (North), and Lower Coal (South) catchments.
The project aimed to build local skills and capacity to support best-practice farm dam enhancement for improved drought resilience, water quality, and biodiversity. It also supported catchment-scale prioritisation of revegetation efforts for ongoing action.
Driven by farmers’ need for practical, locally relevant strategies, this project combined demonstration sites, expert training, and community field days. Participants gained tools and knowledge to improve both farm dam performance and environmental outcomes. Workshops and field days sparked collaboration among farmers, natural resource managers, and community members statewide.
Project
Highlights
Establishing 3 demonstration sites showcasing practical dam enhancement techniques.
47 professionals trained through 3 Train-the-Trainer workshops.
Hosting 3 community field days, engaging 96 participants.
Trialling 2 catchment scale GIS mapping tools (REM and Marxan) in partnership with UTAS to support strategic revegetation planning at catchment scale.
Strengthened stakeholder networks.
What's Next
Landcare Tasmania has secured further funding under the FDF Landscape Resilience Grant, extending its impact for another 4 years. Tasmanian farmers can find out more about the project on Landcare Tasmania’s website [https://www.landcaretas.org.au/catchment_connection_and_restoration
Including opportunities for on-ground works funding.
The TAS Farm Innovation Hub is also continuing to work with Landcare Tasmania to develop farm dam enhancement resources, which are anticipated in April 2026.
